Tutoring for Success: Changing Lives in Benin

Access to safe water remains a significant challenge for many students in our program, with 64.7% of households lacking access to clean drinking water. For these families, fetching water is a daily necessity that often falls on children—especially girls. Some students travel long distances to water sources, spending valuable time and energy on this essential task instead of focusing on their education.

Recognizing this challenge, families in our program have pledged not to require their children to fetch water during their twice-weekly tutoring sessions. This commitment ensures that students—both boys and girls—have uninterrupted time to concentrate on their studies. The impact is clear: the more education a child receives, the greater their opportunities for financial stability and improved living conditions, including reliable access to potable water and sanitation facilities.

By reducing the burden of water collection, we are taking an important step toward empowering students to focus on their future. Clean water and education should not be competing priorities—every child deserves access to both.

Thank you to all who make this work possible. Your generosity helps ensure that these students have the time and resources to focus on their education and build a better future. Together, we are creating lasting change—one student, one family, and one community at a time.